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Wednesday, June 09, 2010

The sample sculpture below depicts Ezekiel's initial vision of God's throne-chariot (oil on wood, tin, found objects; 96H. x 48W. x 30”D. inches). The artist uses old, mundane objects in his art, thus asserting that everything is included in true spirituality. Included in the sculpture is a disk labeled "Hashmal - Electrum"; a bellows labeled "Ruach"; the panels of a light-shade used as scroll parchment; and a cut-glass light-fixture representing the firmament of heaven, atop of which sits God's-name.

Duties of a son, from The Story of Aqhat: To erect a stele for his ancestral gods; to build a family shrine in the sanctuary;
to guard his footsteps from earth to underworld; to take his hand when he is drunk; to put his arm over one's shoulder when he is full of
wine; to eat a funeral meal in the temple of Ba'al; to offer a sacrifice in the house of El.